Chip shortages ... Laser deal battle ... air taxi ready for takeoff

By Nick Flaherty at eeNews Europe www.flaherty.co.uk

. EU and US set up clash on chip shortages
. II-VI crashes laser deal
. Electric air taxi firm in $1.1bn deal
. European chip shortage looms for 2021
. Bosch quantum technology focus
. Isotropic Systems raises $40m for multi-beam satellite antenna
. ST builds digital twin of 300mm Crolles fab
. Siemens and ASE extend 3D packaging
. Keysight, Transphorm team on GaN power supply virtual prototype
. 15MW wind turbine is record 260m high
. Cloud BMS for Spanish e-scooter
. Cryobattery developer raises $70m

POWER TECH
. Ceramic SiC material for thermal cooling
. Energy optimization software for wireless charging robot fleets
. 650V GaN chip has 800V peak operation for 500W chargers
. Hybrid supercapacitor and battery for IoT energy harvesting